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title: "5 violent decisions taken by Mahatma Gandhi in his life"  
description: "Mahatma Gandhi was a prominent leader in India's struggle for independence from British rule."  
author: "Babita Soni"  
published: 2023-03-13  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2002/5-violent-decisions-taken-by-mahatma-gandhi-in-his-life  
category: "education, history"  
tags: ["Mahatma Gandhi"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# 5 violent decisions taken by Mahatma Gandhi in his life

![5 violent decisions taken by Mahatma Gandhi in his life](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/886b9565-3ece-44af-8089-73b53b0b7f75/images/88bea9f3-a324-4707-a8ad-07262da643a3.jpeg) ![5 violent decisions taken by Mahatma Gandhi in his life](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/886b9565-3ece-44af-8089-73b53b0b7f75/images/6c39223c-088d-416e-a9f1-270454b84681.jpeg) In 1917, Gandhi led a campaign against British landowners in the Champaran district of Bihar who were forcing peasants to grow indigo. ![5 violent decisions taken by Mahatma Gandhi in his life](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/886b9565-3ece-44af-8089-73b53b0b7f75/images/7bd28e98-2725-4859-96f2-3206706f8bf5.jpeg) In 1919, Gandhi supported the Khilafat Movement, which sought to preserve the Ottoman Caliphate after World War I. ![5 violent decisions taken by Mahatma Gandhi in his life](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/886b9565-3ece-44af-8089-73b53b0b7f75/images/2d730b23-16cf-4894-9fed-5ae868480fc9.jpeg) In 1942, Gandhi launched the Quit India Movement, which called for the immediate withdrawal of the British from India. ![5 violent decisions taken by Mahatma Gandhi in his life](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/886b9565-3ece-44af-8089-73b53b0b7f75/images/c6973c75-40ca-4cae-9670-af5a76f0ce01.jpeg) Gandhi opposed the partition of India in 1947, which resulted in widespread violence and the displacement of millions of people. ![5 violent decisions taken by Mahatma Gandhi in his life](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/886b9565-3ece-44af-8089-73b53b0b7f75/images/dfab690a-29bf-478a-ae76-9a920d06feda.jpeg) In 1931, the British executed revolutionary Bhagat Singh for his role in the Indian independence movement. Gandhi did not try to prevent.

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